Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu is a 1958 Malayalam film directed by P. Bhaskaran

P. Bhaskaran

Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...

 and written by Uroob based on his own story Business. Ragini

Ragini (actress)

Ragini was a South Indian danseuse and actress. She was the youngest of the famed Travancore Sisters: Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. With sister Padmini, she started her acting career in the mid 1950s and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu...

 and Sathyan

Sathyaneshan Nadar

Manuel Sathyaneshan Nadar commonly known by his stage name Sathyan, was an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He has won the Kerala State Film Award twice and is renowned for his acting skills...

 play the lead roles, with Prema, Pankajavalli and T. S. Muthayya in major supporting roles. It received a certicifcate of merit at the National Film Awards

National Film Awards

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

.

Plot

The film is set in the backdrops of a circus

Circus

A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

. Chandran is a circus performer. Thankam, a beautiful 17 year old girl, is his childhood sweetheart. But, Thankam's mother Kalyani Amma forbids her to prolong her affair with Chandran. She wants Thankam to marry Gopi, a well known bully from the town. Thankam's father Paithal Nair, however rejects this proposal. But as the circus shifts to another village, everything goes wrong. Paithal Nair is in financial stress and had to agree to the marriage of his daughter with Gopi. What will happen to Chandran and Thankam's romance? How does Paithal Nair overcome his financial problems? Answer to these questions form the rest of the story.

Cast

• Ragini
  Ragini (actress)
  Ragini was a South Indian danseuse and actress. She was the youngest of the famed Travancore Sisters: Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. With sister Padmini, she started her acting career in the mid 1950s and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu...
  
   as Thankam
• Sathyan
  Sathyaneshan Nadar
  Manuel Sathyaneshan Nadar commonly known by his stage name Sathyan, was an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He has won the Kerala State Film Award twice and is renowned for his acting skills...
  
   as Chandran
• Prema as Lalitha, a circus performer who also loves Chandran
• Pankajavalli as Kalyani Amma
• T. S. Muthayya as Paithal Nair
• Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
  Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
  Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor. He was born on 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India...
  
   as Kuttappa Kurup
• S. P. Pillai
  S. P. Pillai
  S. P. Pillai was an Indian film and stage actor, best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films.-Biography:S. P. Pillai was born in 1913 in Ettumanoor, Kottayam. His father Shankara Pillai, was a police constable. Pillai lost his parents at a young age itself...
  
   as Chanthu, a circus joker
• Bahadoor
  Bahadoor
  Bahadoor , born P. K. Kunjalu, was a Malayalam film comedian who, along with Adoor Bhasi, redefined the way in which comedy and funny scenes were perceived in Malayalam cinema. They made a significant contribution toward establishing comedy as the predominant genre of Malayalam cinema...
  
  as Keshu, a circus joker
• G. K. Pillai as Gopi
• T. N. Gopinathan Nair as Circus Propreiter
• Kochappan as Kirukkan Kochunni
• Kunhava as Khader
• Vaanakkutty as Kurup's Guru

External links

• Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu at the Malayalam Movie Database